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Faculty & StaffDirector: Lisa Shapiro Studio owner since 1988. Teaches company level classes in jazz, tap, ballet, and pointe. Choreographer for high school musicals including: Cats, Damn Yankees, Back to the 80s, You're A Good Man Charlie Brown, Guys and Dolls, and Hello Dolly. Sponsor and choreographer for Northville High School Varsity Dance Team. Co-creator of an in-house Ballet Company for 18 years that performed original choreography in fairy tale themed shows including Beauty and The Beast, Cinderella, Snow White, The Little Mermaid, The Wiz of Oz, Anastasia, Alice in Wonderland, The Lion King, Oliver, Read Me A Story, The King and I, Annie, and The Wizard of Oz. Previous teaching experience includes team-teaching the dance program three years at a public high school. Joined her childhood dance teacher to run the after school dance program at Ferndale High School in 1979; took over the program in 1981. Asst. Studio Director, Director of Summer Camps, and Bookkeeper : Becky Hicks Asst. Studio Director, Director of Summer Camps, and Bookkeeper: Becky Hicks Becky founded the Lyrical dance program at CSDC in 1999 and spearheaded the formation of the Center Stage Dance Team in 2008. Her modern training (from Western Michigan University) is clearly evident in the Lyrical syllabus. Choreographer of several high school musicals, she continues to set musical theater choreography on the Dance Team for presentation at local competitions. Continuing education has included classes with Christopher Huggins, Gregory Patterson, Jason Parsons, and Rhonda Miller. Bi-annual trips to New York and local dance conventions support fresh and current teaching styles and methods. Teaching jazz, lyrical, preschool, and hip hop at Center Stage since 1989. FRONT OFFICE Lisa Shapiro, Becky Hicks, Renee Siracusa, Erin Sattler, Erin Goldsworthy, Allie Shapiro SENIOR FACULTYErin Bonser-Sattler - (BS, Wayne State University, K-12 Dance Education and 6-12 Health Education) While dancing at Wayne State University, Ms. Erin performed with CompanyOne, Wayne's in-house dance company. During her two years as member, she traveled with the group to inner city elementary schools to perform a children's based dance program. Ms. Erin has taught at Livonia Churchill High School in their Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) program. Choreography experience includes Northville High School's production of Cats and Dexter High School's production of Back to the 80s. Ms. Erin teaches tap, ballet, jazz and pointe at CSDC. Erin Goldsworthy – Graduate of Eastern Michigan University with a degree in communications and economics. Trained for two years in the EMU Dance program in modern and ballet. Performance experience includes dancing with the Peter Sparling Dance Company in Ann Arbor.Co-director of an in-house Ballet Company for 8 years that performed original choreography in fairy tale themed shows including, Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, The Wiz of Oz, Anastasia, The Lion King, Oliver, Annie, and The Wizard of Oz. Currently responsible for the maintenance and development of the studio website. She is also back at Eastern Michigan pursuing her post-baccalaureate teaching certificate. Dancing at Center Stage since 1994. Teaches: jazz, ballet, pointe, hip hop, and preschool.
Heather Rose – 5th grade teacher at Wooddale Elementary in Farmington Hills; graduate of Eastern Michigan University with a BS in elementary education with a focus in math and health education ; dancing at Center Stage since 1989. Teaches: ballet and pointe. Allie Shapiro-
Graduate of Grand Valley State University with a BS in Health Professions. Currently attending Madonna University, completing additional classes necessary to become a Registered Dietitian. Dancing at Center Stage since 1990, continued involvement in dance through college and is now back in the area teaching ballet, tap and pre-school. Carly Siracusa-Graduate of University of Michigan with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology; currently working in Consumer Marketing for an apparel company. Her dance background includes training in NYC, danced competitively in NYC and the Tri-State area, part of a Performing Arts Institute in NYC all through high school where she was trained by Broadway professionals and a former Rockette, as well as performing in Disney World. Taught and apprenticed for several years while in NYC and has won awards for her choreography. Dancing at Center Stage since 2002. Jessie Stadnika - At Eastern Michigan University she is pursuing a BS degree in Dance Management and a BBA degree in General Business. She is also the fundraising coordinator for the EMU Dance Forum. Dancing at Center Stage since 1994. Teaches: Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Ballet, Lyrical and Pre-School.
JUNIOR FACULTYKelly Owens, Taylor Clark
APPRENTICE PROGRAMApprentices: Taylor Clark, Gianna Galli, Gina Mahaz, Elisabeth Moore, Kelly Owens, Elena Winberry, and Torie Smith, and Emily Gantt. Studio Assisstants: Claire Varvatos, Emma Rife, Lauren Nash, Raegan Carlstein, Emma Callahan, Paige Rafferty, and Sabrina Montemayor. Apprentice Program Mission Statement
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